St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-25
THEY MUST BE MORAL,
Bills to Punish Grimes Against Female
Chastity introduced in the Dakota
Legislature.
The Brainerd Church Trouble Brings the
Oontending Priests Before Court
of Law.
Favorable Report on the Claims OF
Montana and Washington Ter
ritories for Statehood.
Oshkosh knights of Labor Must
Leave the Lutheran Church,
Saloon Row.
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Saloon Row.
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| BISMARCK, Oak, Jan. 24.-If the leg
islators would get down to work a session
of forty days would be long enough to en-
able them to transact all the business that
will come before them. Up to the present
time they have held but one session a dav.
and resolutions to enact that morning
| session be held have been promptly killed.
; The lawmakers don't propose to wear them
/ selves out with working. This has been a
quiet day, with two informal recesses in the
lower house and one in the council. The
| first recess was taken about 2:30 O'Clock to
| give the members an opportunity to shake
hands with Judge Church, whose pres
! ence in the room was announced. The
| judge crossed hands withSthe members
and made very favorable Expression 1t
was intended to give him an informal re-
ception at the capitol tonight. but at his
earnest request it was postponed indefi-
nitely. He said that a reception at this
| time and under the present circumstances
would hardly be consistent. and he was op-
| posed to it. In conversation to-day MEM
! Der said Gov. Church was acting a most
manly part, as undOubtedlYsa great pressure
was being brought to bear an him to make
! appointments. Secretary Mccormick
showed me letter to-day sfrom Lew Max
| field. president of the carnival association,
extending an invitation to the territorial
officers and members of the legislature to
be present at the storining of the ice palace
next Thursday night. The secretary said it
would be impossible to reach there Thurs
day, as the invitation was
RECEIVED TOO LATE.
| If weeks notice had been given him he
could have arranged for cars to transport a
body which would probably number 100,
and possibly more. Assistant General Man
ager O'Dell. of the Northern Pacific road,
arrived here this morning in his special car,
and, when consulted, he thought it would
be impossible to get cars here by next
! Wednesday night. If Dakota dav had been
Saturday the legislators could have left here
Friday night. spent Saturday night and
| Sunday in the city, and returning reached
here Monday noon, losing but one session
by so doing.
1t is quite probable. however, that several
members of both houses will attend the
celebration on Thursday night on permis.
sion of the speaker and president. With the
coming Of Assistant General Manager ODell
the impression is gained that legislation
on railroad bills will begin in earnest. and
it is reasonable to expect that the railroads
will get colder deal than they have been
given heretofore. The railroad committee
begins its work tonight In the lower
house there is powerful temperance ele-
ment led by James Hayden Fletcher, chair
man of the committee on temperance, and
yesterday evening lively temperance meet
ing or rally was held, at which Mr.. Erick-
son. OF the council. and MeSsrs. Fletcher
and Moore did the talking. The meetings
will probably be kept pp during the session.
In the house this afterntsa the committee
on federal relations reported against the
removal of Fort Abraham Lincoln and
recommended the passage of the bill OPP
posing the removal, introduced several days
ago by Mr.. Green. The bill was passed.
1t was announced thai E. A. Williams. of
Burleigh, had resigned from the committee
on appropriations, and DoddS, of Nelson
county, was appointed to fill the vacancy
Uncle" John Hobart introduced bill that
is intended to build fence around
COUNTY TREASURES,
and at the same time relieve them of GER
tain amount of responsibility. The bill is
an act to require county treasurers to de-
! post their funds in designated repositories.
The bill provides that all funds Of any of
the counties i'll the territory shall be depos-
tied by the county treasurer In one or more
national banks OF private banks as soon as
received, in the name of the county of
which he is the treasurer. T. Meter in
| troduced bill for an act to punish assaults
with intent to commit rape, Of which the
| following is the gist: Every person who,
with intent to commit rape, assaults any
| female under Is years of age shall be guilty
of felony and consent by the female
so assaulted shall not be defense to an in
dictlnent. Therefore, every person found
| guilty of an assault with intent to commit a
| rape shall be imprisoned not less than three
| years and not more than ten. Z. A. Will
| Jams, of Burlaigh. introduced bill for an
act to provide for the collection and COM
| pilation OF statistics, which provides that
| the commissioner of immigration shall be
eX-officio territorial statiStician and it shall
| be his duty to obtain statistics and any other
| data and information relating to the growth.
| development, commerce, agriculture, man
ufactureS, industries. finances. population
and social condition of the territory of Da-
kota, and to compile and publish the same
| from time to time and. not less often than
usually in such manner as will afford abroad
| and within the territory
| a WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE
| VI liiC tIldllSs 1GSOulccS dilu pfOgTeSS OIL la
kota. 1t was quiet day i'll the council,
and Clerk Kingsbury had an easy time of
it. A joint resolution to print bills, memor-
| ials and resolutions at government price,
! which would give the printer the neat profit
of 50 a page, was held over till to-morrow
for consideration. Mr.. Smith, of Yankton,
introduced bill which provides that no
| man or woman can commence action for
divorce without having resided one year in
the territory. Seven memorials of diff
ferent construction, but all relating
to the matrimony Question, were pre-
sented. They came from the Congregational
societies of the territory. That portion OF
the governors message relating to women
holding Office was referred to P. j. Nc
Cumber, of Wahpeton, young and rising
attorney, who. when he c0nverSes about
women, knows as little about the nature of
| the animal as any man in the territory. E.
&. Ericsson, of Elk Point, introduced bill
| for an act entitled. an act to amend chapter
26 of the penal code, which extends the age
of consent from 10 to 16 years. Alexander
Hughes, of Burleigh, introduced bill pro-
viding for the appointment of board of
trustees to consist of five members for the
government of the public institutions of
Dakota. TEE AITCH.
THE BRAINERD CHURCH ROW.